Santa street collection brings cash boost to Garforth charity
Every year from late November up to Christmas, the Garforth & District Lions tour its local streets with Santa Claus.
The annual event brings joy to hundreds of children and raises money for local good causes in the process.
This Christmas, Santa and his elves raised a whopping 14110.12 for charity.
Lion Mark Dobson, Garforth & District Lions activity lead said; “Yet again the public of Garforth & the surrounding area have not let us down. For decades now, our yearly Santa street collection has raised thousands of pounds and this year is no exception. The club would like to sincerely thank everybody who has donated.
“Being a members club, we pay our own administration costs and therefore our community can be guaranteed that every penny raised will be ploughed back into local good causes.”
Garforth and District Lions Club is a part of Lions Clubs International, the largest service organisation in the world with 48,000 clubs worldwide and 1.4 million members, all raising money for local and international good causes.